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Congressman Peter Welch is encouraging Vermonters to speak out against changes to the current net-neutrality regulations.

“All of our marketing and all of our leads are primarily generated online,” said Mark Heyman of Logic Supply, an industrial computer manufacturer in South Burlington that has just over 100 employees worldwide.

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“It's really that access to the internet that… has allowed us to do what we do and do it in a smaller community, a smaller state than most of our competitors,” Heyman said.

Logic Supply is just one of the companies speaking out about potential changes to the country's net-neutrality laws.

“Everybody should be able to operate and compete on an even playing field. So we all want access to the highway at the same price, at the same high speed and from there let our innovations, let our products and services speak for themselves,” Heyman said.

The Federal Communictions Commission has recently discussed rolling back some of the rules that keep the internet that even playing field.

“Making people have to pay more to get access to the fast lane and if they don't putting them in the slow lane means they can't get to their customers and they can't be heard,” Welch said.

The FCC is expected to pass the new net-neutrality rules, Thursday. The public has until Aug. 18 to weigh in.

“This is very important to Vermont and to Vermont businesses,” Welch said, adding that Vermonters can provide feedback here.